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University Hackathons: Managerialism, Gamification, And The Foreclosure Of Creativity, Anthony L. Clary
University Hackathons: Managerialism, Gamification, And The Foreclosure Of Creativity, Anthony L. Clary
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This research presents a generative critique of hackathon events held in the contemporary research university. Through the analysis of cultural imaginaries and embedded techno-political forms, it works toward an assessment of whether these events support, foreclose, or redirect ideas of the future that might otherwise challenge technocratic, accumulatory, and/or hierarchal organization. Informed by institutional histories and firsthand field research at events, dynamics of entrepreneurialism, gamification, and techno-solutionism are extrapolated and problematized. Ultimately, this research draws on a historical materialist approach to understanding how and why hackathon events have flourished in the university setting. Corroborating recent theories of platform capitalism, vectoralism, …
Six Questions For Entrepreneurial Leadership And Innovation In Distance Education, Connie Reimers-Hild, James King
Six Questions For Entrepreneurial Leadership And Innovation In Distance Education, Connie Reimers-Hild, James King
Connie I Reimers-Hild, PhD, CPC
Institutions offering distance education courses and programs may benefit by encouraging administrators, faculty, staff and students to be more entrepreneurial. Organizational cultures designed to support this type of environment are characterized by entrepreneurial leadership, innovation and change. This article provides information on how distance education institutions can incorporate entrepreneurial leadership and innovation into their organizations. Six questions for administrators of distance education to consider are presented in an effort to provoke discussion and thought on the importance of incorporating entrepreneurial leadership and innovation throughout distance education organizations.
An Entrepreneurial Approach To Career Development, Connie I. Reimers-Hild
An Entrepreneurial Approach To Career Development, Connie I. Reimers-Hild
Connie I Reimers-Hild, PhD, CPC
This article explains how people can use an entrepreneurial approach to career development in and effort to advance their careers and employment opportunities.
An Entrepreneurial Approach To Career Development, Connie I. Reimers-Hild
An Entrepreneurial Approach To Career Development, Connie I. Reimers-Hild
Kimmel Education and Research Center: Presentations and White Papers
This article explains how people can use an entrepreneurial approach to career development in and effort to advance their careers and employment opportunities.